Word: nationalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even more educational was the composition of his memoirs. Painstakingly set down in elongated script, the memoirs were written in a classic prose Frenchmen had not seen in a long time?precise yet lyrical, stamped with honor, revealing the essential selflessness of a man dedicated to his nation's grandeur. On the strength of this literary achievement, France's intellectuals?who do so much to set their country's political tone?for the first time gave De Gaulle their wholehearted admiration.* And in the act of reducing his life to book form, the general reviewed his past mistakes, sketched...
...drastic action should bring some order to France's tangled finances, at the same time provide funds for massive public investment in both France and Algeria. He promised nothing but a time of trials, but added that "without the effort to restore order," France would be a nation "perpetually oscillating between drama and mediocrity." De Gaulle, who dislikes economics so much, had this time shown himself willing to take it seriously...
...month since the fall of Premier Ahmed Balafrej's conservative government, the King had been forced to shop intensively for a Cabinet that would somehow maintain his nation's delicate balance between extremes. Twice the King rejected Cabinets that he considered too far to the left, but last week he agreed to a government headed by slight, shy Abdallah Ibrahim, who is as left as they come...
...Moulay, which is applied to descendants of the Prophet, but he is widely known as the Red Sherif. Before independence, the French jailed Sorbonne-educated Abdallah Ibrahim five times, once for an eight-year stretch. Since independence, backed by the powerful (600,000 members) Union Marocaine du Travail, the nation's only trade union, Ibrahim has ranted against foreigners, talked of nationalizing foreign interests and demanded the ouster of U.S., French and Spanish troops from their bases in Morocco. "Independence is not liberty," he declared recently. "Our economy remains in the hands of others, our vital installations...
...another year, Eleanor Roosevelt was the living woman most admired by the nation, as sounded out by Pollster George Gallup. Runner-ups to Mrs. Roosevelt (a ten-time winner in the poll), this year as well as last, were Queen Elizabeth and Clare Boothe Luce. In fourth place: Mamie Eisenhower, sixth in popularity last year. For the seventh time, the pollees ranked President Eisenhower as the most admired living man, trailed by Sir Winston Churchill, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Evangelist Billy Graham and Harry Truman, who slipped from last year's third spot. Newcomers to this year's list...